Safety-holder for milk-bottles and the like



1. H. WILHELM. SAFETY HOLDER FOR MILK BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I1, I9L9.

1,392,809 L 1 Patented Oct. 4,*192L JOHN H. WILHELM, 0F NEW YORK, 1\T.Y.

SAFETY-HOLDER FOR MILK-BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

Speciiicaton of Letters patent.

Patented (let. 4t, 19251.

Application filed February 11, 1919. Serial No. 276,409.

To all w wm t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN I-I'.` WILHELM,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Holders forMilk-Bottles and the like, of whichthe following is a specilica-V tion.

This invention relates to a safety holder for milk bottles and the like,and it is particularly adapted to be arranged eXteriorly of a house sothat the milkman, on his rounds, may readily insert a milk bottle sothat the same vwill be retained and guarded until removed by authorizedhands.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical andeilicient device for this purpose.

A further object is toso arrange the parts of the device that they maybe carried bf dierent relatively movable portions of the housestructure, for instance, one part by a door and another part by the doorframe, to the end that the act of opening the door will automatically sodisassociate the parts of Jthe device that the bottle may be readilyremoved.

A further object is to so arrange the men,

tioned parts of the device that they may, if preferred, be readilyattached to awindow and window frame, so thatthe lifting of the windowwill give'access to the bottle.

A further object is to so fashion thel device that it constitutes aguard, or cover for the bottle into'which the bottle may be introducedfrom beneath, to provide means to hold the bottle suspended, and toprovide means whereby snow, ice, or the like, which Vmay have fallen onthe device, is automatically removed by the opening of the door orwindow, thus giving free access for the ready removal of Jthe bottle.

A further object isto so fashion the device that it .may be readily madefrom simpleY castings which may be easily and'inexpensively heldassembled.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed outin the course of the following description of the elements,combinations, arrangements ot parts and applications of principles,constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplatedwill be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are tobe taken as a part of thisspecification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form ofembodiment of the invention:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a device constructed inaccordance with this invention7 parts being broken away and illustratedin section substantially upon the plane of line I of Fig. 2, a milkbottle being shown suspended within the holder, and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. l, portionsbeing broken away and illustrated in horizontal section subtantiallyupon the plane or line II' of Ieferring to the drawings for describingin detail the structure which is illustrated therein, the referencecharacter L indicates what may be readily referred to as the body memberof the holder, while the reference character G indicates the top, orcover member.

rllhe milk bottle is indicated by the reference character H.

The body member L is cylindrical and is of an inside diameter justsuiciently great to accommodate the widest part of the milk bottle. Thisdiameter is maintained as a minimum at all points throughout the lengthof the body for the reason that'in removing the bottle the same must belifted up through the body and out of the upper end.Y Any suitable meansmay be provided for attaching the body to the door, or window frame Abut preferably one or more lugs, as 1- are cast integral with a portionof the body and are adapted to be comiected to the door, or window frameas by screws or the like, as 2.

The reference character 3 indicates locking pawls, of which there may beany num- Vber, Vadapted for supporting the bottle within the body. Inthe drawings two of these pawls are present, being arranged atdiametrically opposite sides of the body and having enlarged concavedheads l at their upper ends. These pawls are pivotally mounted uponpivot pins 5 carried by the body member, and shoulders 6, formed uponthe body, serve to limit the downward swinging of the pawls. The heads tare adapted to engage beneath the bead 7 formed at the uper end of thebottle, and to straddle the bottle neck so that some portion Orp-saidheads will at'all times stand to engage the bottle neck, although thebottle may be inserted with the neck nearer to one side of the body thanto the other. The shape of the heads is such as to automatically centerthe bottle as soon as the milkmans hand is removed.

The inclined position assumed by the pawls while engaging the bead 7insures the centering action referred to and at the same time insures atight grip of the pawls beneath the bead.

The body L is formed with suitable pockets 8 into which the pawls 3 maymove, when the bottle is being lifted out of the body,V said pocketsbeing enlarged at their upper ends, as at 9, to accommodate the heads 4of the pawls.

The outer walls, as 10, of the pockets are, of course, disposed-soas tolimit outwar movement of the pawls at a point where the preponderance ofweight of the pawls is at the inner side of the vertical plane of thepivots 5, thus to insure gravity movement of the pawls to their inner,or lower positions, at alltimes.

For convenience and economy in manufacture, the body member ispreferably made up as two separate castings, indicated generally by th-ereference numerals 11 and 12, each forming approximately one-half of thebody. rlfhese are substantially identical, except that the member 11 isformed with the attaching lugs 1, and except that one of the members isformed with protruding lugs 13 which are adapted toengage within sockets14C formed upon the other member. lThe lugs and sockets 13-14 arearranged two at the top and two at the joints 12 engage each other.

Where the two members 11 and By this disposition,

lat four uniformly spaced points, they serve effectually to guide thetwo members 11 and 12 into proper register. The two rivets which formthe pivots 5 serve to hold the two parts firmly together with all of thelugs 13 engaging within their sockets 14.

In this way the simple operation of fixing the rivets 5 in place servesthe double purpose of providing pivotal mountings for the pawls 3 and oflocking the two parts of the body memberl rigidly together, thusconsiderably reducing the work and expense of assembling. Y

If desired, the sockets 14 may be continued for the entire circumferenceof the body member, and in'this way provide ornamental beads 15exteriorly at the top and bottom portions of the body member. i Thecover member G consists of a disk formed with a bracket part 16 bv whichit may be fixed to the door, or window N, through the use of screws, orthe like, 17. rIhe diameter and the position of the cover is such thatthe cover will entirely cover the open upper end of the body when thedoor N is closed.

vat the bottom of the body, and,

In use, the two parts of the device are connected to the door frame, orwindow frame, as has been above set forth. The pawls 3 will hang down sothat they rest upon the shoulders 6. When a bottle is to be inserted inthe device, it is introduced at the lower end and it is movedupwardly-so that it lifts the pawls. The upward movement is preferablycontinued until the top end of the bottle strikes against the lowersurfaceof the cover G, thus carrying the bead 7 well above the heads ofthe pawls. The bottle is then allowed to move downwardly until the pawlsengage beneath the bead 7. Thereafter, it will be impossible to removethe bottle through the lower end of the body. At

the proper time, however, when the door N has been opened andthe cover Gthereby removed, the bottle may be' readily lifted up through the openupper end of the body allowing the pawls 3 to fall again to theiroriginalV position preparatory for further use. Y

It is to be noted that if desired one of the plane of the main part ofthe cover G, renders them quite inaccessible when the cover is over thebody, since the body at that time stands directlyin front of the screwsso that it is impossible to reach the screws with a screw driver korlike .impl-ement.

It is further pointed out that the'upper surface of the cover G may beutilized as a bracket,or support, upon which asecond milk bottle, orother article, might be placed.

This is particularly .useful in setting out.`

empty milk bottles to be collected bythe milkman, and in order that thecover G might be used to the greatest advantage for this purpose, thecover might be attached to the door, or window frame, instead of to thedoor or window, and the body part be attached tothe door or window, orto the door or window frame. By this arrangement all of theV advantagesabove pointed out will be present, and at the same time the cover G willbe stationary so that it may be better adapted to support an articleupon its upper surface. Vlt is intended, therefore, that wherever, inthis paper, the cover G Vis mentioned as being removable, that saidstatement shall be construed to mean that it is movable relative to thebodyV by actual movement either of the cover or of the body, as may bepreferred.

As many changes could bemade in this construction without departing fromthe scope of the invention, as defined in the following claims, it isintended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown inthe accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only andnot in a limiting sense.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. A safety holder for milk bottles and thelike, comprising a body part and a cover part, the cover part serving toprevent ac cess for the removal of a bottle from the body part when thecover `part is in covering position, and said two parts beingdisconnected and adapted to be attached to relatively movable parts of ahouse structure substantially as described.

2. A safety holder for milk bottles and the like, comprising a pluralityof separately formed cylindrical segments arranged to complete a hollowcylindrical body member adapted to receive a bottle therein, saidsegments having mating coniigurations thereon at their abutting edges,retaining means to hold said segments assembled, and bottle retainingpawls loosely pivotally supported upon saidretaining means for thepurpose set forth.

3. A safety holder for milk bottles and the like comprising a tubularbody member and a removable cover member for one end of the body member,the body member being open at both its ends and being adapted to receivea portion of a milk bottle therein, said body and cover members beingdisconnected and adapted to be attached to relatively movable parts of ahouse structure whereby the movement of one of said house parts willuncover one end of the body member to facilitate the removal of thebottle from the body member through said uncovered end, and means toretain the bottle within said body member in a position for removal onlythrough said uncovered end of the body member.

4. A safety holder for milk bottles and the like comprising a body partand a cover part, the cover part serving to prevent access for theremoval of a bottle from the body part when the cover part is incovering position, said two parts being disconnected and relativelymovable to give access for the removal of the bottle, and means wherebysaid two parts are adapted to be connected to relatively movable partsof a house structure so that the movement of said parts of the housestructure will move the COVQI sition.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN H. WILHELM. l/Vitnesses:

L. GEssFoRD HANDY, MAY SCHULZ.

part relatively into uncovering po-

